• The 1st Academy Awards (Films of 1927/28)

  • Dec 6 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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The 1st Academy Awards (Films of 1927/28)

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  • This feels like a major one! In this episode, we're excited to be covering the 1st Academy Awards, which honored films from 1927 & 1928. The Academy had two best picture categories at the time, but we cover both of them. The nominees for Outstanding Picture were: Wings, The Racket, and 7th Heaven. The nominees for Best Unique and Artistic Picture were: Sunrise, Change, and the Crowd. We also cover the non-nominee Steamboat Bill, Jr.

    Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.

    Timestamps are approximate:

    11:10 - 7th Heaven

    21:10 - The Racket

    26:55 - Chang

    32:10 - Sunrise

    39:05 - The Crowd

    49:50 - Wings

    1:00:10 - Should something else have been nominated?

    • 1:00:55 - Steamboat Bill, Jr.

    1:06:50 - Did the Oscars get it wrong?

    1:08:15 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner

    1:09:55 - Conclusions

    1:15:30 - Next Time

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    Want to know what episode we're currently prepping and suggest non-nominees that we should watch? Check us out on instagram at oscarswrongpod.
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